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August, 2006
Parijat (NEW)
2006-08-07 - By
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Bishnu Kumari Waiba, recognized as Parijat in Nepali literature, was born in 1937 to Dr. K.S. Lama, a psychologist and Amrita Moktan, in Darjeeling, India. Parijat was just a little girl when she lost her mother. Therefore, she was brought up by her father and grandparents in the beautiful hills of ...
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July, 2006
Frida Kahlo- A woman of colors
2006-07-07 - By
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Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) was an outstanding Mexican painter whose extraordinary art reflected indigenous culture of her country in a style combining realism, symbolism and surrealism. Using her unique "folkloric" style of painting, Frida painted the diary of her life. Each painting, rather it be a ...
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July, 2005
Pasang Lhamu - Nepal Tara (Star)
2005-07-15 - By
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On April 22, 1993, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa created mountaineering history by becoming the first Nepalese woman to blaze a trail to the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world. Pasang Lhamu's achievement has not only proved that Nepalese women are as brave and strong as their men, but also s...
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June, 2005
Biography of Madonna Louise Ciccone
2005-06-15 - By
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Quick Facts:Name: Madonna Louise CicconeBorn: 16th of August 1958Birth Place: Rochester, Michigan, USA
Madonna was born on the 16th of August 1958 in Rochester, Michigan, USA. Her family lived in Pontiac, Michigan at the time, but was visiting grandmother in Bay City when Madonna decided to appear ...
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May, 2005
Biography of Gia Marie Carangi January 1960 - November 1986
2005-05-08 - By
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On January 29 of 1960, the Carangis embraced their first baby girl; they named her Gia Marie Carangi and from the day she was born she was special. Gia's brother, Joe, remembers in an interview for the E! True Hollywood Story: “She had a special place being a girl. She had a little canopy bed with t...
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April, 2005
Danielle Fernande Schuelein - Steel
2005-04-08 - By
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Quick Facts:
Name: Danielle Fernande Schuelein - Steel
Born: August 14, 1947
Birth Place: New York City
Best Known As: Author of the romance novels.
Current Residence: A 55-room mansion at Washington and Octavia that was built in 1912.
Not only America, but the whole world read...
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March, 2005
Biography of Mother Teresa
2005-03-08 - By
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The angel of poor, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhui from Skopja, Macedonia, better known as Mother Teresa was born on August 27, 1910 in an Albanian descent family. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the sisters of Loreto, an Irish Community of nuns with missions in India. S...
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